Seca
Subtitle: a estação do inferno
By: Teoberto Landim.
Series: Coleção Alagadiço novo ;; 35
Publisher: UFC, Casa de José de Alencar, Programa Editorial
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Fortaleza, Ceará
Language: por
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Brazilian fiction -- Brazil, Northeast -- History and criticism.; Droughts in literature.
Description: "Study focuses on theme of drought in eight Brazilian novels. In O sertanejo, José de Alencar invents a landscape of desert. In Os retirantes, José do Patrocínio emphasizes people's mystical engagement, which contrasts with the scientific approach of Rodolfo Teófilo in A fome. Rachel de Queiroz assumes the spirituality of Patrocínio in O quinze, while Graciliano Ramos, in Vidas secas, presents a comprehensive vision of drought through individual dreams and introspective characters against the backdrop of a harsh nature that pushes humans to the edge of sanity. Author emphasizes the birth of a corrupt 'industry' of the drought, manipulated by politicians, and  the ever-persevering religious attitudes of the humble people who endure the absence of rain for extended periods of time"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243).
"Uma análise dos romances que tematizam a seca na perspectiva do narrador".